Both on communion and Latin Mass, ‘weaponization’ may be Pope’s target
Jul 18, 2021 editor
In this , Thursday, April 1, 2021 file photo, Pope Francis celebrates a Chrism Mass inside St. Peter s Basilica, at the Vatican. (Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini.)
If you want to understand why Pope Francis is willing to use the power of his office to enforce discipline on the Latin Mass but not on communion for pro-choice politicians, maybe a concern for weaponization of the faith is at least part of it.
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ROME – So far this summer, there’ve been two big upheavals on the American Catholic landscape. They’re global Catholic questions that hardly apply only to the States, but which, for one reason or another, are felt with special intensity by Americans.
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